Carole Zoom

Born with muscular dystrophy, Carole Zoom has been involved in the disability rights movement since the 1980s. As executive director of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, Zoom helped organize the passage of the ADA, the Air Carrier Access Act and other legislation. She was also the international leadership exchange coordinator for Mobility International USA. In the past three years she has traveled to 25 countries and been interviewed by National Public Radio on international travel issues. Her travel and disability writing has been published in the Washington Post, AARP Magazine, and New Mobility.